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Book cover: Violence and Risk in Medieval Iceland
History

‘Deeds rife with physical nastiness’: book examines violence in Icelandic sagas

Cornell Chronicle

Oren Falk considers the medieval Icelandic sagas as case studies, arguing that violence serves as a technique for dealing with uncertainty.

Awards & Honors

Cornell poet, scholar receive 2021-2022 Rome Prize

A&S Communications

Valzhyna Mort, assistant professor of literatures in English, received the Rome Prize in Literature for 2021-2022. Mary Jane Dempsey, graduate student in the Department of Romance Studies, received the Rome Prize in Modern Italian Studies.

Freedom on the Move

NEA grants $30,000 to music dept. for ‘Freedom on the Move: Songs in Flight’

Cornell Chronicle

The National Endowment for the Arts has approved a $30,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to the Department of Music to support a musical response to Freedom on the Move (FOTM), a database housing digitized, searchable fugitive slave advertisements.

Global Cornell

Bartels lecturer speaks out on rising threats to democracy

Cornell Chronicle

"Home may have become a dangerous place for democracy to flourish now," said Nobel prize–winning economist Amartya Sen, this year’s Bartels World Affairs Fellow. His May 5 lecture was hosted by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies.

Government

De-escalation up to Israelis and Palestinians, but U.S. can help

A&S Communications

Deadly clashes between Israelis and Palestinians are likely to continue this week, as the Israeli military deploys additional forces near the Gaza Strip. Uriel Abulof, a visiting professor in Cornell University’s government department and professor at Tel-Aviv University, gives perspective.

Astronomy

Annual conference on new telescope moves science ahead

Cornell Chronicle

More than a hundred people gathered virtually at the end of April for the 2021 annual conference on the CCAT-prime project, which is building the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) in Chile. “First light” is scheduled for 2023.

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Teaching & Advising Awards

Advising, teaching awards honor Arts and Sciences faculty

Cornell Chronicle

“During this challenging year, our faculty have demonstrated exemplary caring and commitment to our students."

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Performing and Media Arts

Prison education alums work with undergrads on theater piece

Cornell Chronicle

Participants in a new class – designed to bring together formerly incarcerated and traditional Cornell students – have written, workshopped and performed an ensemble theatrical piece that will premiere online May 16.

A disk in space
NASA/JPL/Provided In an artist's depiction, the Voyager 1 craft continues to cruise through interstellar space.
Astronomy

In the emptiness of space, Voyager 1 detects plasma ‘hum’

Cornell Chronicle

As Voyager 1 – launched in 1977 – zips through interstellar space more than 14 billion miles away, it has detected the constant drone of plasma waves.

Extraordinary Journeys

'My classes transformed the way I think about human problems'

Adam Ziccardi is a religious studies major.

Joe Connolly ’72, left and Jay Branegan ’72, right
Joe Connolly ’72, left and Jay Branegan ’72, right
Alumni support

New humanities prize honors Cornell friendships

A&S Communications

The Joseph E. Connolly ’72 Memorial Prizes support students who want to look at the intersection of religion, politics and society.

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A year like no other: Meet the extraordinary class of 2021

A&S Communications

Explore the extraordinary journeys of this year’s graduates in our annual feature.

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Mellon Mays Fellowships

Senior Mellon Mays fellows reflect on their program experiences

A&S Communications

The program aims to increase diversity in the ranks of faculty in academia.

History

Radio show features Derek Chang on anti-Asian/Pacific Islander bias

Cornell Chronicle

The May 4 episode of All Things Equal featured Derek Chang, Cornell Associate Professor of History and Asian American Studies. Chang discussed the context and history of the rise in anti-Asian/Pacific Islander bias during the past year.

Government

‘Who is guarding Facebook’s guardians?’ Lawmakers can step up oversight

A&S Communications

Facebook’s Oversight Board voted to uphold the social media company’s suspension of former President Donald Trump on its platforms but insisted the company must review the suspension to determine an appropriate length of time and develop clearer policies to balance freedom of expression and public safety. Professor of government Sarah Kreps says that Facebook’s Oversight Board acts like a private firm without real accountability of its own and that its consequential decision making over Facebook’s policies require additional independent oversight.